Bajans nominate Teddy Griffith

BRIDGETOWN: Barbados has nominated Teddy Griffith, who played 25 First-Class matches for Barbados and Jamaica, for the presidency of the West Indies Cricket Board. Griffith, 67, a retired banker and business executive, has held several administrative positions on the board including his current post as head of marketing. During his 1954-1967 playing career, the left-handed batsman scored 1,690 runs, including three hundreds, at an average of 35.95. He also took 25 wickets with his medium-pace bowling.

The Barbados Cricket Association said Thursday they had chosen Griffith as its nominee 8-3 over the association’s president Tony Marshall. The West Indies board will elect a new leader September 30 in Antigua to replace Wes Hall, who resigned for health reasons last month. To be eligible, Griffith must gain nomination from one more country represented by the West Indies, including Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago. Meanwhile, Anguil-lan banker Val Banks is acting president.